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Boa constrictor mexicana  Jan, 1863
Taxonomic Serial No.: 951234

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyBoidae Gray, 1825 – Boas, Boids  
                                     GenusBoa Linnaeus, 1758 – Boas  
                                        SpeciesBoa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 – Boa Constrictor, Boa constrictor  
                                           SubspeciesBoa constrictor mexicana Jan, 1863  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Boa constrictor mexicana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database, website (version 09/01/2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Boa constrictor mexicana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pyron, R. Alexander, R. Graham Reynolds, and Frank T. Burbrink   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3846, no. 2   
  Page(s): 249-260   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.5; available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3846%282%29.html   
  Reference for: Boa constrictor mexicana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reynolds, R. Graham, Matthew L. Niemiller, and Liam J. Revell   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71   
  Page(s): 201-213   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011; available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011   
  Reference for: Boa constrictor mexicana   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: As of late 2014, it appears that some subspecies and synonyms under Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758 may need to be split out and allocated to one or more separate species. For example, there are indications that Boa constrictor imperator Daudin 1803 may represent a separate species, possibly to contain all the Central American representatives; however, until more complete sampling and analysis (and examination of type specimens) have been completed, it remains unclear which subspecies and synonyms would belong under the proposed species Boa imperator (or other species?), and which would remain under Boa constrictor. Pending further published work on these issues, ITIS is following the Reptile Database in retaining these all under Boa constrictor. See also Reynolds et al. (2014) and Pyron et al. (2014)  
 

 

    


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